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the dead included one of afghanistan's leading clerics. the president's brother was assassinated at his home on tuesday. the taliban claimed responsibility for that killing. the commander of nato forces in afghanistan, and general david petraeus, has been holding security talks in pakistan as divisions deepen between washington and islamabad. the u.s. is holding hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance. pakistan has called for an end to u.s. drone raids that have been taking an increasing civilian toll. >> u.s. drones' fly it around the clock in pakistan, targeting fighters in the mountainous region bordering afghanistan. civilians are often killed in the attacks. pakistan has condemned the ground strikes as a violation of its sovereignty, although some analysts believe they are carried out with the help of pakistan the -- pakistani intelligence. >> we are firmly against all terrorist groups. but we fight in partnership with other law-enforcement agencies. >> washington announced it was holding back a third of the military ai
the dead included one of afghanistan's leading clerics. the president's brother was assassinated at his home on tuesday. the taliban claimed responsibility for that killing. the commander of nato forces in afghanistan, and general david petraeus, has been holding security talks in pakistan as divisions deepen between washington and islamabad. the u.s. is holding hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance. pakistan has called for an end to u.s. drone raids that have been taking an...
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the situation in afghanistan. and i think. that's. going from a get us then after ten years and they're getting themselves down on other. people if you don't know. me there was a mistake you made the mistake of thinking that easy. weeks not months if not now it's months this is another three months what there is you that in another key months you cannot go on. to be sending troops on the road and you can go on and on i don't know when we'll have to leave it there thanks very much for your thoughts no doubt we'll be talking about this again in the near future john bricmont joining us live in brussels on his webcam thank you thank you very much. well to more on the controversial flows now germany is reportedly sending two hundred tanks to saudi arabia talk of a deal is causing outrage among germany's opposition politicians who claim the government would be breaking its own export rules well for more on this let's cross live now to young van auken he's a foreign affairs expert from germany's left wing party. thanks very much indeed for j
the situation in afghanistan. and i think. that's. going from a get us then after ten years and they're getting themselves down on other. people if you don't know. me there was a mistake you made the mistake of thinking that easy. weeks not months if not now it's months this is another three months what there is you that in another key months you cannot go on. to be sending troops on the road and you can go on and on i don't know when we'll have to leave it there thanks very much for your...
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large pockets really of the country is a big reason for why we have a country nation of weiland in afghanistan and how that violence is a spilling over into parts down and most pakistani commentators believe now that one of the ways short shortcuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia gate has been conducting this war over the past twenty years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words we're going to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. that was a pakistani political analyst right there but let your guard see you have your company today let's check out some other international news we're covering for you . then iraq five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of anbar the sunni controlled area is a known al qaeda stronghold at the center of iraq's insurge
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ambassador, have you lived in afghanistan? guest: i grew up in afghanistan. i was educated in afghanistan. i received my master's degree in afghanistan and have worked in afghanistan. caller: what is the price of fuel in afghanistan for gas and diesel? guest: for a gallon, is the equivalent of -- is the equivalent of $1.20. caller: $1.20 a gallon? last week on c-span, a u.s. representative from ohio quoted that gasoline costs $400 a gallon. i am glad there is no corruption in the united states but they are paying $400 a gallon for fuel. i do not think they're buying it from afghanistan. guest: you announced me a question about how much of the gasoline price is. i gave you the answer for the cost in the afghanistan market. -- you asked me a question about how much of the gasoline prices. where they get from, i do not know. the purposes they are using the gas for, i also do not know. the price i am giving you is the price in the local markets. host: this question is from twitter about secret talks going on with the taliban. do you feel the taliban should be par
ambassador, have you lived in afghanistan? guest: i grew up in afghanistan. i was educated in afghanistan. i received my master's degree in afghanistan and have worked in afghanistan. caller: what is the price of fuel in afghanistan for gas and diesel? guest: for a gallon, is the equivalent of -- is the equivalent of $1.20. caller: $1.20 a gallon? last week on c-span, a u.s. representative from ohio quoted that gasoline costs $400 a gallon. i am glad there is no corruption in the united states...
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presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states or the coalition forces providing security for them because as we've seen we have unintentionally killed a lot of people so if afghans are killing afghans that that's better off than the united states or nato killing afghans and i think that we would be foolish to sit here and think that the u.s. is leaving we're not leaving there will be permanent u.s. involvement in nato involvement for a long time. now the focus of all the international headlines this hour in the u.s. has no will to monetary and aid to famine hit somalia if assured that deliveries through isla
presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states or the coalition...
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i mean we're essentially bankrupt in many elements of our nation in order to win this war i reckon afghanistan from my point is that we can be expending energy there much much harder than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i hope when that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply during a shooting inefficient structures in our economy as well i think that americans should be outraged that we're not doing more to spend our energy consumer energy in a smart way. now a pakistan is turning up the heat on washington americans to leave a military base in the country drone strikes on the afghan border region have been a launched from this site in particular pakistan's protesting against the attacks for years calling them a vi
i mean we're essentially bankrupt in many elements of our nation in order to win this war i reckon afghanistan from my point is that we can be expending energy there much much harder than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i hope when that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach...
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doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon but you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety six to two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taleban in the northern alliance the northern alliance were the former regime that had power in kabul and enjoyed diplomatic relations with the west even though the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i were a diplomat i would find it disturbing it's a bizarre situation i mean if the u.s. knows who these people are they're not seeing and certainly there's no doubt that traditionally there's always been a very high component of jihad these days even around benghazi so it's unrealistic to assume that that is not still the case the u.s. has an amazing how it should be skids full of hundred dollar bills to third world countries and expecting them to end up in the right hands and really going to happen of course you are with our team and still to come this hour when passing by becomes a crime. the captains of the two boats which
doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon but you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety six to two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taleban in the northern alliance the northern alliance were the former regime that had power in kabul and enjoyed diplomatic relations with the west even though the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i were a diplomat i...
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still and the longest war ever in afghanistan in the name of fighting al qaeda and al qaida is reportedly now collapsing yet you have u.s. officials right and left saying at the same time that despite a two thousand and fourteen with drawl date for afghanistan the u.s. may be there for many more years to come if you don't take my word for it people like outgoing u.s. ambassador to afghanistan barry said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way through congress which doesn't prescribe an end game either and yet signs of the consequences for america of this war are everywhere just listen to this story reported today a u.s. special operations officer his name is army master sergeant benjamin stevenson he was killed in a remote area of eastern afghanistan now this was a highly decorated soldier from texas and he was on his ten to were of duty in the war zones of afghanistan and iraq his ten two were of duty we are deploying people for ten to worst of duty in this war they are dying and the mainstream media is not even questioning why not in our lo
still and the longest war ever in afghanistan in the name of fighting al qaeda and al qaida is reportedly now collapsing yet you have u.s. officials right and left saying at the same time that despite a two thousand and fourteen with drawl date for afghanistan the u.s. may be there for many more years to come if you don't take my word for it people like outgoing u.s. ambassador to afghanistan barry said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way...
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and dea a in their out hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day this a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top india sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister aren't easy different words on the teenager's drive to use a fair way to find his family he might have a smoother swing but from the outside nicholai looks no different than a pampered junior players and this hyper exclusive moscow golf club this couldn't be further from the truth we call like alecky was an old all from when he was adopted by an american family you can never say that or think his life is easy and basically they make you feel like it's nothing you're nothing to me when i came to united states i had a lot of problems emotionally and credible young man he is someone who has taken on many challenges in his life and he's always overcome then came the gul
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. >>>> two french journalists who were held hostage in afghanistan for a year and a half have returned home. the exact circumstances of their release are unclear. herve ghesquiere and stephphane taponier arrive at a military base in paris where they were welcomed home by family and friends. they were kidnapped 60 kilometers outside of kabul in 2009. the taliban claimed responsibility. germany's last hope in the singles competition in wimbledon has been knocked out. she lost to maria sharapova in six sets. she entered on a wild card after dealing with injuries. maria sharapova was too much of a horse to be reckoned with. >> leaving center court after her defeat, she can look back on may successful wimbledon 2011. she put up a fight against maria sharapova from the onset. she could not kekeep up the pressure. maria sharapova won the finals game after the fresh shut with the ace. >> the more experienced russian dominated and the second set. the germinative lost concentration and had several unforced errors. -- the german native lost concentration and had several unforced errors. share uph
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in different countries and basically across the globe there are companies that are based in egypt in afghanistan in somalia and even in germany and the united states in terms of individuals they also come from a significant range of countries from the countries of the middle east from african countries from germany the united states and from russia russian citizens primarily komo from the republics of this volatile region of russia's north caucasus from cheney and from and i guess there are also some well known names in this list some well known groups like the muslim brotherhood al qaida and russia's most wanted terrorist the model of you know this document shows that some kind of a nod or a cow has been created that connects countries with each other and that the problem of terrorism has become an international issue now several years ago the world thought off by chechen terrorists that are present here in this region as of chechen rebels but now the situation has changed whether russia's most wanted to mount the models being present on the list of the world's most wanted terrorists and it rea
in different countries and basically across the globe there are companies that are based in egypt in afghanistan in somalia and even in germany and the united states in terms of individuals they also come from a significant range of countries from the countries of the middle east from african countries from germany the united states and from russia russian citizens primarily komo from the republics of this volatile region of russia's north caucasus from cheney and from and i guess there are...
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in afghanistan. the pakistani government denied responsibility for recent deadly rocket attacks in afghanistan. those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal in london. "world business today" starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i'm nina dos santos. more advertisers consider pulling the plug as britain's tabloids is hacked. >>> and touching a raw nerve. we'll tell you why japan's meat eating carnival girls have a beef with the boys. >>> first up, though, let's take a look at the markets. it's been a mixed day for asia's stock markets. banking stocks sunk in china. here in europe we had a down beat start to the day. european stock markets have been open for slightly more than an hour at the moment, and as you can see, most of them firmly stuck in the red at the moment. >>> and let's have a look at the currencies because on the currencies front the euro is down by three-tenths of one u.s. dollar. a little under 81 as you can see at the moment. 80.80 is where we stand. in asia it was a mixed day
in afghanistan. the pakistani government denied responsibility for recent deadly rocket attacks in afghanistan. those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal in london. "world business today" starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i'm nina dos santos. more advertisers consider pulling the plug as britain's tabloids is hacked. >>> and touching a raw nerve. we'll tell you why japan's meat eating carnival girls have a beef with the boys. >>> first up, though,...
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led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan or the number of casualties continue to rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to get an afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within a very hard to foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily it's spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties o
led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan or the number of casualties continue to rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the...
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activity on the pakistan are gonna stand border is the mess that the us military has created inside afghanistan over the past decade the mess there the way they have alienated a large portion segment of the afghan population in terms of the push to try to the way they have conducted the war on terror they are the way they're alienated a large pockets really of the country is a big reason for why we have a country nation of violence in afghanistan and how that violence is spilling over into pakistan and most pakistani commentators believe now that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words we're going to see really actions on the ground and we'll get to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. but a brief look now at some other
activity on the pakistan are gonna stand border is the mess that the us military has created inside afghanistan over the past decade the mess there the way they have alienated a large portion segment of the afghan population in terms of the push to try to the way they have conducted the war on terror they are the way they're alienated a large pockets really of the country is a big reason for why we have a country nation of violence in afghanistan and how that violence is spilling over into...
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alone escalate more watching the charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control become tree not just because there have been trained sufficiently and also because they're divided tribally when you're gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal and withdraw in defeat really ultimately what we have the after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission which was to destroy the taliban and to destroy al qaeda and quite frankly we haven't killed enough of the enemy and their supporters to make any difference we instead tried to build a western democracy in a country that's conservatively islamic and deeply islamic and so we failed to do that and the situation is going to remain violent and probably. de
alone escalate more watching the charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control become tree not just because there have been trained sufficiently and also because they're divided tribally when you're gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal and...
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large park it's really the country is a big reason for why we have a country ration of violence in afghanistan and how that violence is spilling over into pakistan and most pakistani commentators believe now that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the us military and the way the cia he has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but the words we're going to see really actions of the ground and we'll get to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. ukrainian special forces have traded blows with hundreds of course after violence erupted over the removal order also rise christian monument in the crimean peninsula the orthodox christian cross was aggressively the result season of dancing you raise this fight alone. and it's really just kind of proposition from some american presidents on this three hundred question questio
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started handing over control of some of afghanistan's provinces to local security forces and less than a week after the assassination of president karzai is half brother. the clock is ticking for american politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its massive national debt to avert the looming possibility of default august second is the deadline for raising the nation's fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling president obama has urged the republican controlled house of representatives to come up with whatever mechanisms they can to ensure the u.s. can continue to pay its bills analysts say if washington lacks the money interest rates could skyrocket and the value of the dollar could decline the seriousness of the situation was reinforced when two rating agencies threatened to downgrade the united states prize to aaa rating even if the budget is approved investor jim rogers says it's unlikely to solve america's debt problem. you know and the states already has been downgraded the world markets every i'm not the only person who knows it united states is the largest d
started handing over control of some of afghanistan's provinces to local security forces and less than a week after the assassination of president karzai is half brother. the clock is ticking for american politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its massive national debt to avert the looming possibility of default august second is the deadline for raising the nation's fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling president obama has urged the republican controlled house of...
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plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics who know the difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west
plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift...
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the allegations strained relations with afghanistan's allies. in april, he told a bbc documentary crew about attempts on his life. >> are there still now? >> every day. >> drug traffickers? >> taliban. >> ahmad wali karzai came close to being charged with corruption. according to a u.s. official, he was too valuable. here in kabul, the have lost a strong man in the fight against the taliban in the south. >> for more on to de's assassination and the power vacuum believes, we have a former executive for "the washington post." >> a key strong men in this area has been ahmad wali karzai. a few days ago i was talking to the senior coalition man in kandahar. he has been such a problem for the u.s. and the coalition, a corrupt warlord. he was the key to bringing tribal leaders in to some stability. >> it backs the question, why does the qatada and kill those that work so closely with them? -- taliban kill those that work so closely with them? >> it is possible that there is some feud that we do know about. the assassin of was an elder from his village.
the allegations strained relations with afghanistan's allies. in april, he told a bbc documentary crew about attempts on his life. >> are there still now? >> every day. >> drug traffickers? >> taliban. >> ahmad wali karzai came close to being charged with corruption. according to a u.s. official, he was too valuable. here in kabul, the have lost a strong man in the fight against the taliban in the south. >> for more on to de's assassination and the power...
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volatile region on the border with pakistan he was often accused in media reports of having links to afghanistan's massive illegal drugs trade doctor a political analyst from kabul says the killing is a blow to the u.s. . the past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with their american troops american office because of this i think that americans lost one off their important members of the air troops but at the same time he was accused of. being involved in corruption and drug trafficking and then because of this many believe that america well seek a four for another person to replace him. well or two years ago we spoke to wali karzai about how he sees the allegations against him. because of this big but did never in the last seven years we tried. to music community reach out to your everyone. being approved while going through the video section of our website to access this interview in full. wiki leaks founder julian assange has a back in a london court where he's appealing against an earlier ruling to extradite him to sweden the world's most famous whistleblower is want
volatile region on the border with pakistan he was often accused in media reports of having links to afghanistan's massive illegal drugs trade doctor a political analyst from kabul says the killing is a blow to the u.s. . the past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with their american troops american office because of this i think that americans lost one off their important members of the air troops but at the same time he was accused of. being involved in corruption...
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carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for ever and be a in their uphill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions you know afghanistan. now if you want the best in life you gotta put the hours in am it's something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working harder and longer than their western counterparts i deserve an english who joins the new delhi rap race. it's a busy city with busy people india is a rising economic locomotive still what's the driving force behind its success it could very well be that people like. both are co-directors i was small one import company called divine and his indians have developed a strong liking for french and spanish language is young men are working overtime to fill their glasses you have to be very flexible with their working hours. engineers were globalization and because of all you know you interact with so
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that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words where you get to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. ukrainian special forces have traded blows with hundreds of s. nicole sachs after violence erupted over the removal order also rise christian monument in the crimean peninsula the orthodox christian cross was erected in the resort city of said don't scream despite a local authority should ban it was removed this really despite opposition from some local residents almost three hundred question crime sites and having a protest of all signed over the course were stalled by riot police with fifteen injured in violent clashes the movement is being kept at a local office to dra
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messages of british politicians, crime victims, and families of service personnel killed in iraq and afghanistan. if before the newspaper announced it was closing, members of the british house of commons held an emergency debate on wednesday to discuss whether a full public inquiry was needed to look into the phone hacking. you're the first hour of that debate with remarks by the british attorney general and the labor spokesman for home affairs. >> we come to the emergency debate on phone hacking at the news o >> the housethe house will obsen the light of interest, i have imposed a seven minute limit on the back bench contributions. it'll take effect after the contributions. it'll depend on early contributions. to open the debate, i call mr. bryan's. in were hacked by the news of the world. >> one family member spoke today. another has been in touch with me and several others. the police are looking at not dust wireless phones of these families but the family of mcca hn.the charge is even longer. this is particularly worrying given the long third trial. scandalously, it also seems it targeted so
messages of british politicians, crime victims, and families of service personnel killed in iraq and afghanistan. if before the newspaper announced it was closing, members of the british house of commons held an emergency debate on wednesday to discuss whether a full public inquiry was needed to look into the phone hacking. you're the first hour of that debate with remarks by the british attorney general and the labor spokesman for home affairs. >> we come to the emergency debate on phone...
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in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and it was killing circumvented by security firms on a regular basis can expand set to undermine call the horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves in general kill innocent afghans kill destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically and with. its. many. functions to these. companies they are not related in the end not control and this is what we're extremely concerned that washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their pivot saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so we're seeing around the world cases of kidnapping rape and murder. a
in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and it was killing circumvented by security firms on a regular basis can expand set to undermine call the horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves in general kill innocent afghans kill destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to...
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have hazard handover nato begins withdrawing combat troops from afghanistan but are the local security forces ready to fan for themselves stay with us for a special report from the war zone. greece has seen a glimpse of hope after european leaders came up with a plan to fight its debt crisis after a long ago she governments agreed on a range of measures designed to help the debt stricken country to avoid a default greece will receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred nine billion euros the move will see interest rates on greek debt lowered and a period in which it must repay its loans greece has has been battling its debt crisis for the past eighteen months and has seen violent protests from a dissolution public journalist simon young says that despite the second cash handouts troubles in greece are far from over. president sarkozy has been saying in brussels you know greece is a special case it's received this special support from the europeans and other countries won't receive that but of course it's do we believe that i'm not sure that we do because it seemed conceivable
have hazard handover nato begins withdrawing combat troops from afghanistan but are the local security forces ready to fan for themselves stay with us for a special report from the war zone. greece has seen a glimpse of hope after european leaders came up with a plan to fight its debt crisis after a long ago she governments agreed on a range of measures designed to help the debt stricken country to avoid a default greece will receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred nine billion...
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a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces from cia intelligence officer michael scherer told me that the violence in afghanistan is only going to escalate he thinks. we're watching a charade on fault here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdraw in defeat really ultimately what we have after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission which
a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces from cia intelligence officer michael scherer told me that the violence in afghanistan is only going to escalate he thinks. we're watching a charade on fault here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able...
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ambassador to afghanistan i can bury said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way through congress which doesn't prescribe an end game either and yet signs of the consequences for america of this war are everywhere just listen to this story reported today a u.s. special operations officer his name is army master sergeant benjamin stevenson he was killed in a remote area of eastern afghanistan now this was a highly decorated soldier from texas and he was on his ten to were of duty in the war zones of afghanistan and iraq his ten two are of duty we are deploying people for ten two words of duty in this war they are dying and the mainstream media is not even questioning why not in our longest war not even when they report that this so-called enemy and now war is collapsing and the attack he died in was interestingly a fire fight against an al qaeda related group that's according to you a u.s. official now maybe the mainstream media just didn't want this news to rain on the parade of the story of the u.s. officials reporting today the collapse o
ambassador to afghanistan i can bury said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way through congress which doesn't prescribe an end game either and yet signs of the consequences for america of this war are everywhere just listen to this story reported today a u.s. special operations officer his name is army master sergeant benjamin stevenson he was killed in a remote area of eastern afghanistan now this was a highly decorated soldier from texas and...
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volatile region on the border with pakistan he was often accused in media reports of having links to afghanistan's massive illegal drugs trade talk to me a political analyst from kabul says the killing is a blow to the u.s. . the past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with an american troops and american off because of this i think that americans lost one of their important members of the earth drops out at the same time he was accused of being involved in corruption and drug trafficking and then because of this many believe that american well seek for for another person to replace him. two years ago we spoke to karzai about how he sees the allegations against him. it is a drug. but. community and everyone. want to be free video section of our website that's what you can tell you and of course a huge archive of other news footage what is the. time now to check out some other wild headlines for you this hour a protestant rape has again turned violent in northern ireland's capital belfast as bonfires were lit to mark the annual twelfth of july celebrations protesters threw
volatile region on the border with pakistan he was often accused in media reports of having links to afghanistan's massive illegal drugs trade talk to me a political analyst from kabul says the killing is a blow to the u.s. . the past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with an american troops and american off because of this i think that americans lost one of their important members of the earth drops out at the same time he was accused of being involved in corruption...
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policy or the lack of faith regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look how the nato air wield bombing in leaving is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and laid there be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a two and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy if the bombing is one hundred percent a nato operation its timing of nato operation against libya demonstrated not the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the genuine united states of america and its european nato partners coming away in the next hour i'll go and i'll speak with alexis crow from the u.k. israel institute of international affairs about nato's role in the libyan conflict here's a quick preview. if you look at the international commun
policy or the lack of faith regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a closer look how the nato air wield bombing in leaving is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and laid there be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a two and a half wars for the united states...
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the security lapse in afghanistan with tragic consequences. what more can you tell us? >> he was regarded as one of the powerful politicians and the country. his death has raised new fears about instability ahead of the handover to afghan forces. the white house has condemned the killing. " he described himself as the most powerful man in southern afghanistan. few disagreed. ahmad wali karzai was a controversial figure. he said that he added spice to afghan life great the roads to the compound were closed. the president's half brother lived under the tightest security, only the most trusted could get close. the head of personal protection it aroused no suspicion. without saying a word, he shot him twice. >> he said, this morning, my younger brother -- this is the life of the afghan people. we have all suffered the same kind of people. forgive me for not speaking with a smile today. he was said to be deeply involved with the opium trade. he had many of their enemies. in april, he spoke to a documentary group about attempts on his life. >> a major suicide attack on me and
the security lapse in afghanistan with tragic consequences. what more can you tell us? >> he was regarded as one of the powerful politicians and the country. his death has raised new fears about instability ahead of the handover to afghan forces. the white house has condemned the killing. " he described himself as the most powerful man in southern afghanistan. few disagreed. ahmad wali karzai was a controversial figure. he said that he added spice to afghan life great the roads to...
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at that time, they were filming in northeast afghanistan. in november, 2010, a video message of the man was released. it said nothing. the journalists and their interpreter were set free on wednesday. they had no idea they were about to be sent home. >> we were in our house. then they moved us to another one and told us the negotiations were over. two days ago, we had a long walk to the main valley. we started to have a good feeling. when we knew we were being released, they brought us clothes and put us in a car. >> three colleagues gave them a a heroes welcome. questions are being asked about the circumstances surrounding the release. there are rumors that money changed hands, but there is no proof of that. the french more in -- foreign minister is adamant that france does not pay ransom. bbc news. >> we are live from singapore and london. tie one goes along discuss serving leader is indicted on corruption charges. >> welcomed with open arms, william and kate go to canada in their first trip abroad. the greek government has got a second au
at that time, they were filming in northeast afghanistan. in november, 2010, a video message of the man was released. it said nothing. the journalists and their interpreter were set free on wednesday. they had no idea they were about to be sent home. >> we were in our house. then they moved us to another one and told us the negotiations were over. two days ago, we had a long walk to the main valley. we started to have a good feeling. when we knew we were being released, they brought us...
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withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan they leave behind in a vast number of private military contractors critics of the so-called hired guns are demanding that most news in the name of america held accountable for the growing number of reported human rights abuses and civilian deaths in conflict torn countries there's artie's going to chicken or ports the u.s. is in no rush to regulate private military muscle this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot like they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her rethink human rights violations including torture rape and murder the us supreme court recently threw
withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan they leave behind in a vast number of private military contractors critics of the so-called hired guns are demanding that most news in the name of america held accountable for the growing number of reported human rights abuses and civilian deaths in conflict torn countries there's artie's going to chicken or ports the u.s. is in no rush to regulate private military muscle this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private...
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now barack obama's that recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans. they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but artie's loyalist finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there's no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels this is where every year. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we have anybody pegged down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's looked a different mark democracy never come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy n
now barack obama's that recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans. they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but artie's loyalist finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there's no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests...
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led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but their reputation sparks concerns about the future of the country the afghan army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with damage. and time now for sports have days romans here with us this morning with the latest of course where the russian ladies have made a clean sweep of gold medals in the synchronized swimming at world championships that's right so they won seven out of possible seven in shanghai and so far remain the only gold medal haulers for russia and china more in that the moment stick around. this is sport and artsy come in see a live from moscow with me remind calls for our top stories three for third. piru when a bronze medal at the cup on their. scores a hat trick in a four one drubbing of venezuela. lord of the ring red bulls a mark webber claimed his third pole position of the season ahead of liz hamilton and sebastian petzold for sunday's german grand prix. and the boys of steel in russia's solve youth ice hockey club they steel boxes are put through their paces ahead of t
led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but their reputation sparks concerns about the future of the country the afghan army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with damage. and time now for sports have days romans here with us this morning with the latest of course where the russian ladies have made a clean sweep of gold medals in the synchronized swimming at world championships that's right so they won seven out of possible seven in...
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doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon that you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one thousand nine hundred six to two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taliban and the northern alliance the northern alliance they were the former regime that had power in kabul and they enjoyed diplomatic relations with the west even though the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country but the they were kind of grandfathered in in this situation there's no grandfathering there's no. student it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i were a diplomat i would find it disturbing so these are just words that it's going to make any difference to this culture that you don't think that this official recognition which you say has been so hard to get in the pulse of the us is going to make any difference to this conflict. well of course the facts on the ground as the american policymakers like to say is what matters the question is who controls tripoli and who controls the the economy of the nation at this point does still work a donkey whether i
doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon that you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one thousand nine hundred six to two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taliban and the northern alliance the northern alliance they were the former regime that had power in kabul and they enjoyed diplomatic relations with the west even though the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country but the they were kind of grandfathered in in this...
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presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're paid to be fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial simply because it has to if it wants to be taken seriously by the population generally speaking that afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states of coalition courses providing security for them because as we've seen we have unintentionally killed a lot of people and i think that we would be foolish to sit here and think that the u.s. is leaning we're not leaving there will be permanent u.s. involvement in nato involvement for a long time. elsewhere across the globe the u.s. has ann
presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're paid to be fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the...